Trucking adds 5,300 jobs in January
Payroll employment in for-hire trucking is up by 51,500, or 4 percent, from January 2011.02.03.12
| Paccar, Navistar and Volvo have deferred shipments of Class 8 vehicles equipped with the faulty part. 02.03.12
| Two years ago, the American Trucking Associations and others filed suit against the state board’s low carbon fuel standard. 02.03.12
| Five texting and cell phone use violations will now contribute the highest (10 points) weighted severity to carriers’ numerical rankings. 02.01.12
| California Air Resources Board had issued a public letter to Navistar saying the company's emissions credits for the engine will expire Feb. ...
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What you may not know about the EOBR bill
January 31, 2012
Since I reported on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's attempts to gain new regulatory authority over interstate drivers relative to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program's now-internal Driver Safety ...
DOT awards research grants
January 17, 2012
Agency dispensed $77 million in grants to 22 University Transportation Centers to advance transportation research and education programs.
Freight index up in November
January 11, 2012
Freight TSI rose 0.1 percent in November from October and 4.8 percent from a year earlier.
DOT to provide $1.6B for road, bridge repairs
January 9, 2012
Money will be available to states and territories to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters.
FMCSA’s hours rule justification includes, well, guess who…
December 29, 2011
You can imagine my surprise yesterday when, just as I'm perusing portions of the new hours rule's full text in preparation for a story or two I'm putting together for ...
Take CSA challenge: Win iPad, $5,000
December 10, 2011
The folks at Big Truck TV, in partnership with AT&T, have announced a competition taking applications from potential competitors, including you, through early February. "The CSA Challenge will comprise six ...
Trade with Canada, Mexico up
November 30, 2011
Surface transportation trade among the three countries increased 13.8 percent in September over September 2010.
Revision of hours rule gets postponed again
November 29, 2011
FMCSA said that it expects to issue the final rule within the next 30 days.
ATA rebuts LaHood on hours proposal research
October 25, 2011
Transportation secretary said comprehensive data and analysis on driver fatigue supports proposed changes.

